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Shares in Indonesian bank soar after MUFG deal
Reuters, Published on 27/12/2017
» JAKARTA: Shares in PT Bank Danamon Indonesia soared to their highest in 17 years after Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) said it planned to buy a majority stake in the country's fifth-largest lender.
Indonesia to waive tariffs on some Palestinian imports
Reuters, Published on 20/12/2017
» JAKARTA: Indonesia will allow tariff-free imports and give direct market access to some Palestinian goods beginning in the new year, the Indonesian trade minister said on Wednesday.
Australian, American, Malaysian arrested in Bali for drugs
Reuters, Published on 19/12/2017
» DENPASAR, Indonesia: Indonesian police have arrested an Australian, an American and a Malaysian on the holiday island of Bali for drugs offences, the latest foreigners to run afoul of some of the world's strictest laws against narcotics.
Australia arrests man 'trying to sell missile parts' for N.Korea
Reuters, Published on 17/12/2017
» MELBOURNE: Australian police said on Sunday they had arrested a man accused of working on the black market to sell missile components and coal on behalf of North Korea, the first charges ever brought in Australia over the sale of weapons of mass destruction.
Asean signs free trade agreement with Hong Kong
Reuters, Published on 12/11/2017
» MANILA: Hong Kong on Sunday signed free trade and investment pacts with the ten-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, in what one of the Chinese territory's senior officials called a "loud and clear" vote against rising regional trade protectionism.
Indonesia central bank holds rates
Reuters, Published on 19/10/2017
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank, which unexpectedly cut rates in the past two months, on Thursday held the benchmark unchanged and said Southeast Asia's biggest economy should grow better than initially expected and that earlier trims were feeding through.
Malaysia halts all imports from North Korea, data shows
Reuters, Published on 13/10/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia, which until recently had been one of Pyongyang's closest friends, has halted all imports from North Korea, as part of global efforts to cut off funding over its nuclear and missile programmes.
SE Asian economies gowing more dependent on China
Reuters, Published on 08/09/2017
» HONG KONG -- Southeast Asia appears to be on a roll.
Indonesia central bank surprises with rate cut
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2017
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's central bank on Tuesday surprised markets by cutting its benchmark policy rate, the first change since October, in a bid to boost sluggish lending and economic growth.
Indonesia, Russia to trade palm, coffee for Sukhoi jets
Reuters, Published on 06/08/2017
» JAKARTA -- Indonesian state trading company PT Perusahaan Perdagangan Indonesia and Russian state conglomerate Rostec have signed a preliminary deal to trade Sukhoi SU-35 jets for commodities like palm oil and coffee, the Indonesian trade ministry said.